> It's the same reason why newspapers are printed in columns and not across the page. In fact, arguably the point of a wide display is to create your own colum

> It's the same reason why newspapers are printed in columns and not across the page. In fact, arguably the point of a wide display is to create your own columns i.e. putting more windows on the screen, or more panels within a single window in an application like a code editor. What's the point of the real estate if you just put one browser window on there? I only go fullscreen to watch movies or play games, which is somewhat analogous to full-page media spreads in newspapers.